the visitors a 13 – 4 victory . the irish press were surprised by the loss and strongly criticised their team , but ireland did go on to defeat wales two tries to ni ##l in the 1889 home nations championship . following their defeat of ireland , the natives played trinity college and then north of ireland . the match against trinity college was drawn 4 – 4 , and despite ke ##og ##h not playing , the native side played much better than their previous fixture . the team then travelled to belfast , where they defeated north of ireland 2 – 0 on 5 december ; scoring two tries to ni ##l . after returning to england , the natives faced lancashire in manchester ,
the visitors a 13 – 4 victory. the irish press were surprised by the loss and strongly criticised their team, but ireland did go on to defeat wales two tries to nil in the 1889 home nations championship. following their defeat of ireland, the natives played trinity college and then north of ireland. the match against trinity college was drawn 4 – 4, and despite keogh not playing, the native side played much better than their previous fixture. the team then travelled to belfast, where they defeated north of ireland 2 – 0 on 5 december ; scoring two tries to nil. after returning to england, the natives faced lancashire in manchester,